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Synopsis
In The White Boxes, Orson Welles introduces listeners to a grim tale from Scotland Yard's Black Museum, a repository of objects associated with murder. The episode centers around small white boxes, which, despite their innocent appearance, contained arsenic. This seemingly mundane item becomes a focal point in the tragic story of Emile Dingeret, a man poisoned by his lover, Madeline Smith. As Welles sets the stage, he hints at the dark undercurrents of human relationships and the potential for betrayal hidden beneath the surface of everyday life.
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